Yahoo! News - "Bored" teens rack up 80 million Internet bill: "Fri Dec 12,12:00 PM ET
BERLIN (Reuters) - Three German teenagers are under investigation for fraud after they spent 130 million euros (80 million pounds) in a two-hour Internet shopping spree, claiming they were 'bored,' authorities say.
The 19-year-olds splashed out on light aircraft, patents, industrial machinery, restaurants and artwork after hacking into an account on an Internet auction site.
'They gave boredom as the motive and made no attempt to disguise what fun they had buying only the most expensive things,' according to police in the western town of Limburg. State prosecutors are investigating. "
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